Related papers: Toolkit for staggered $\Delta S=2$ matrix elements
The two-loop massive operator matrix elements for the fermionic local twist--2 operators with external massive fermion lines in Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) are calculated up to the constant terms in the dimensional parameter $\epsilon = D…
The B-$\bar B$ mixing, B-meson lifetimes, the $B_{s}$-$\bar{B}_{s}$ lifetime difference and SUSY FCNC effects in $\Delta B=2$ processes are very important measurable quantities in B-meson phenomenology whose theoretical predictions depend…
We calculate the $10\times 10$ two--loop anomalous dimension matrix to order $\ord(\alpha_e \alpha_s)$ in the dimensional regularization scheme with anticommuting $\gamma_5$ (NDR) which is necessary for the extension of the $\Delta S=1$…
We report updated results for $B_K$ calculated using HYP-smeared staggered fermions on the MILC asqtad 2+1 flavor lattices. We use four different lattice spacings ($a \approx$ 0.12, 0.09, 0.06 and 0.045 fm) to control the continuum…
Baryon number symmetry violating theories beyond the standard model with suppressed proton decay rates can be experimentally constrained by data on neutron-antineutron transition rates. In order to apply this constraints, theoretical…
We discuss the matching procedure for heavy-light 4-quark operators using the Fermilab method for heavy quarks and staggered fermions for light quarks. These ingredients enable us to construct the continuum-limit operator needed to…
We study lattice fermions from the viewpoint of spectral graph theory (SGT). We find that a fermion defined on a certain lattice is identified as a spectral graph. SGT helps us investigate the number of zero eigenvalues of lattice Dirac…
We deliver the realistic ab initio lattice investigations of $K \overline{K}$ scattering. In the Asqtad-improved staggered dynamical fermion formulation, we carefully measure $K\overline{K}$ four-point function in the $I=0$ channel by…
The pseudofermion functional renormalization group (pffRG) is a computational method for determining zero-temperature phase diagrams of frustrated quantum magnets. In a recent methodological advance, the commonly employed Katanin truncation…
The HPQCD collaboration has a program for determining the fundamental constants of the Standard Model Lagrangian from lattice QCD. The most accurate method of doing this uses the n_f=2+1 improved staggered MILC ensembles with chiral fitting…
We discuss possible definitions of discrete Dirac operators, and discuss their continuum limits. It is well-known in the lattice field theory that the straightforward discretization of the Dirac operator introduces unwanted spectral…
We present a new method to calculate moments of parton distribution functions of any order with lattice QCD computations. This method leverages the gradient flow for fermion and gauge fields. The flowed matrix elements of twist-2 operators…
We apply a recently introduced non-perturbative renormalization method to two types of lattice operators: the $\Delta S=2$ four fermion operator and the heavy-light static axial current, which are relevant for the physics of $K$ and $B$…
We determine the neutral kaon mixing matrix element $B_K$ in the continuum limit with 2+1 flavors of domain wall fermions, using the Iwasaki gauge action at two different lattice spacings. These lattice fermions have near exact chiral…
We calculate the renormalization constants (RCs) of vector, axial, vector scalar, pseudoscalar and tensor quark operators of the overlap valence fermion, on the 11 gauge ensembles with dynamical fermion using either Domain wall…
Renormalization factors for bilinear and four-quark operators with the Kogut-Susskind fermion action are perturbatively calculated to one-loop order in the general covariant gauge. Results are presented both for gauge invariant and…
We compute the two-loop renormalization functions, in the RI $^\prime$ scheme, of local bilinear quark operators $\bar{\psi}\Gamma\psi$, where $\Gamma$ denotes the Scalar and Pseudoscalar Dirac matrices, in the lattice formulation of QCD.…
We implement an extension of the pseudofermion functional renormalization group (PFFRG) method for quantum spin systems that takes into account two-loop diagrammatic contributions. An efficient numerical treatment of the additional terms is…
We demonstrate the use of the gradient flow combined with the short flow-time expansion (GF+SFTX) as a renormalization procedure for four-quark operator matrix elements and associated bag parameters relevant to neutral heavy-meson mixing…
We present the results of the first lattice QCD calculation of the $K \to \pi$ matrix elements of the chromomagnetic operator $O_{CM} = g\, \bar s\, \sigma_{\mu\nu} G_{\mu\nu} d$, which appears in the effective Hamiltonian describing…